Writers always need time and silence to do their work, and never more so than we are writing a first draft. Life intrudes, as it should, because we are people first and writers second. But still a part of us longs for a clean, quiet place in which to do our work.
“Give me, O indulgent fate!
Give me yet, before I die,
A sweet but absolute retreat
‘Mongst paths so lost, and trees so high,
That the world may ne’er invade
Through such windings and such shade
My unshaken liberty.”
Anne Finch
Countess of Winchilsea
Do you have a writing retreat? A time of day or a place all your own, where you can listen to the Muse and bask in the utter silence of creation?
I like going to this one park on Sunday mornings. I take a notebook with me and my thoughts fill up the pages.
I love that, Janie. Writing outdoors can be wonderful…
We have a family cabin about 30 miles from home, and I have had my most productive writing times there–a very woodsy quiet atmosphere with none of the distractions of home. I hope to spend several days there in the next 3-4 weeks, finishing a first draft.
Sandy your cabin sounds like the perfect place to work…write and then walk then write again. How lovely…Good luck with your first draft of your WIP…that is very exciting.